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Genus "Coleospermum"
Name: "Coleospermum" Kirchner 1878
Etymology: Co.le.o.sper’mum. Gr. masc. n. koleos, sheath; Gr. neut. n. sperma, seed; N.L. neut. n. Coleospermum, sheathed seed
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Coleosperm-), ko-le-o-SPER-mum
Type species: "Coleospermum goeppertianum" Kirchner 1878
Original publication: Kirchner O. Algen. In: Cohn F (eds), Kryptogamenflora von Schlesien. Zweiter Band, Erste Hälfte, Kern, J.U., Breslau, 1878, p. 1-900.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Microchaete Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Coleospermum Kirchner ex Frank 1886 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Microchaete Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name
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Notes:
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Microchaete Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Kirchner O. Schizophyceae. In: A. Engler KP (eds), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. I. Teil, Abt. 1a, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1898, p. 45-92.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Coleospermum goeppertianum" Kirchner 1878 not validly published synonym
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Parent taxon: Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
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LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted.
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Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 
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Record number: 13825
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